Here’s what Wall Street wants to see from Hollywood this year

Here’s what Wall Street wants to see from Hollywood this year

Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images It’s the third act of the streaming wars. That’s the time a hero, seemingly beaten and broken, rises up and saves the day. But Wall Street is worried that hero may never come for Hollywood. Legacy media companies including Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Comcast and Paramount Global…

Column: Clarence Thomas and the bottomless self-pity of the upper classes

Column: Clarence Thomas and the bottomless self-pity of the upper classes

Articles asking us to feel sympathy for families barely scraping by on healthy six-figure incomes may be staples of the financial press, but it’s rare that they come packaged as real-world case studies attached to flesh-and-blood individuals. But that’s what happened just before Christmas, when law professor Steven Calabresi defended Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’…

Is America’s Ultra-Processed Diet That Bad? Big Food Fights Back

Is America’s Ultra-Processed Diet That Bad? Big Food Fights Back

Listen to article (2 minutes) Move over GMOs and high-fructose corn syrup. There is a new phrase making the food industry pucker: ultra-processed foods. A battle is brewing over the latest term for many packaged food products that manufacturers fear could infiltrate U.S. food policy and scare off consumers. Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company,…

Advice | Not rich? Take this quiz to see how to build your wealth.

Advice | Not rich? Take this quiz to see how to build your wealth.

Not many Americans know their net worth. That’s understandable, given our propensity to measure financial success by how much we earn. A recent report by The Washington Post found that the middle half of Americans have a net worth between $27,000 and $659,000. And roughly 1 in 12 U.S. households have a negative net worth,…

Frasers Property Owners Could Sell Company as Part of Strategic Review

Frasers Property Owners Could Sell Company as Part of Strategic Review

Updated Jan. 10, 2024 1:29 am ET Frasers Property’s majority owners could sell the company or some of its assets as part of a strategic review, people familiar with the situation said. One of the people said the review is in its initial stages and there is no assurance of any outcome. Copyright ©2024 Dow…